County B.C.G. Campaign

Progress of BCG Vaccination Campaign in India

Evaluation of a drowning prevention campaign in King County, Washington.

OBJECTIVES A three year drowning prevention campaign focused on increasing the use of life vests among children 1-14 years old. An evaluation was conducted to determine campaign awareness, change in ownership and use of life vests by children, and predictors of life vest use. SETTING King County, Washington. METHODS Four telephone surveys were conducted with parents before, during, and afte...

BCG Vaccination

BCG VACCINATION. Studies by the WHO Tuberculosis Research Office, Copenhagen. Report prepared under the direction of Lydia B. Edwards and Carroll E. Palmer with the assistance of Knut Magnus. Monograph Series No. 12. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1953. 307 pp. 15/-, $3.00, Sw. fr. 12.This monograph contains the results of an inquiry into the variable factors that affect BCG vaccination. Th...

Systemic BCG‐osis following intravesical BCG instillation for bladder carcinoma

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has been shown to be an effective form of immunotherapy for bladder cancer. This case report describes a patient who develops systemic BCG-osis following intravesical BCG instillation and demonstrates the importance of being aware of more severe complications associated with BCG immunotherapy.

BCG lymphadenopathy detected in a BCG-vaccinated infant.

Large-scale vaccination with BCG, the live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is being adopted around the world, although sporadic complications have occurred after the procedure. Lymphadenopathy is not uncommon especially in babies under one year (0.73% of vaccinated infants), but the swelling subsides within 2 months in most cases, with no medical or surgical treatment. Brazil adopted ...